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Welcome to the 104th edition of Tuesdays With Mitch, where the dreary winter is officially behind us. Let’s get into it…

As always, the health of Carlos Gonzalez and Troy Tulowitzki will be key to any success the Rockies hope to have. (Roy Chenoy / USA Today Sports)

“People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I‘ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.”-Rogers Hornsby

It’s spring. Baseball is back. And as the 2015 Major League Baseball season begins, it’s officially time to turn the page and focus on the past time of America. Despite what you may have heard, baseball is still wildly popular in this country. Revenues are through the roof, attendance is healthy, and the game is going strong.

To kick off this joyous occasion, I’m providing you with everything you can expect from the Rockies this year, from their record, to the broadcasts, to the inevitable injuries, to CarGo’s WAR. Some of these are educated guesses, some are based off of historical tendencies, and some come simply from a gut feeling or hunch. And yes, I realize I’m a day late with this post, but that’s what happens when things take place on Mondays. (Also, I’m pretty much stealing this format from this Will Leitch column, but that’s okay.) Off we go…

The Rockies will begin the season with a 10-0 victory over the Brewers in Milwaukee behind seven shutout innings from Kyle Kendrick and big days at the plate from Corey Dickerson, Nolan Arenado and Troy Tulowitzki. (I wrote this one on Sunday, promise!)

The Rockies will improve upon last year’s dismal 66-96 season and win at least 68 games.

The Rockies will not improve all that much; they’ll win fewer than 76 games.

Despite my best efforts, early success from the Rockies will SUCK ME IN and trick me into being optimistic until things fall apart in June. (Or May… Or April.)

When the Rockies are at Coors Field, they will hit the crap out of the ball.

When the Rockies are on the road they will hit less of the crap out of the ball.

The Rockies’ offense on the road will not be as disgustingly-awful as last year’s, which produced at a .228/.279/.357 output.

Troy Tulowitzki will play in fewer than 160 games.

Troy Tulowitzki will play in fewer than 150 games.

Troy Tulowitzki will play in fewer than 140 games.

Troy Tulowitzki will play in fewer than 130 games.

Troy Tulowitzki will play in more than 100 games. (He played in 91 last year.)

This will not be enough games to carry the Rockies into playoff contention.

During the 100-130 games he plays, Troy Tulowitzki will be a top-2 player in the game.

Carlos Gonzalez will play in more than 140 games. (He played in 70 last year.)

Carlos Gonzalez will vastly improve upon his completely lost 2014 season (-0.7 WAR) and post a WAR around 4.

Carlos Gonzalez will steal at least 20 bases.

Nolan Arenado will make his first All Star team.

Nolan Arenado will hit at least 23 home runs.

Nolan Arenado will win his third Gold Glove in his third season.

Corey Dickerson will continue to hit and hit and hit and hit.

Corey Dickerson will finish with a top-5 National League batting average.

Justin Morneau will again hit over .330 against right-handed pitching.

Justin Morneau will have fewer than 120 plate appearances against left-handed pitching.

Injuries, overall, will be less of a story and factor over the course of 2015 than they were in 2014.

When Justin Morneau scoops a low throw, one of the Root broadcasters will compare him to Todd Helton.

Ryan Spilborghs will turn out to be the most enjoyable color commentator on Root Sports.

Root Sports will continue to scroll “Toyota Talk” at the bottom of the screen during games.

The person in charge of this decision will not be fired, as he should be.

George Frazier will talk about Oklahoma during a broadcast.

Jenny Cavnar will continue her excellent work in the studio and at Coors.

People on Twitter will complain about Drew Goodman’s play by play even though he’s pretty damn good.

When the Rockies have early success or win a few games or series in a row, about half of the Denver media will prove they have no idea what is going on with the Rockies when they are forced to focus on the local nine for a few days.

The Denver media will be stoked when July rolls around because they can focus on the Broncos’ stretching and jogging around in shorts for a few weeks before playing pretend games for a month.

Jeff Bridich will seriously consider trading Troy Tulowitzki, but the young pitching staff and position playing prospects will show just enough promise to convince Bridich the team can contend in 2016 with its current core.

Jeff Bridich will seriously consider trading Carlos Gonzalez, but the young pitching staff and position player prospects will show just enough promise to convince Bridich that the team can contend in 2016 with its current core.

After the year, we still won’t be positive that Jeff Bridich knows what he’s doing, but we’ll all be a little more confident in the guy.

With Bill Geivett gone, we will begin to see Walt Weiss’ true colors as a manager, though I’m not sure what those are yet.

The $2 bag of peanuts I have been buying from the same guy outside of the home plate entrance for just about 20 years will somehow be slightly smaller than last year.

The new metal detectors will make getting in to any remotely popular game any time near the scheduled first pitch an absolute disaster. (Especially on Friday. That’s gunna take hours.)

Some half-drunk 22-year-old will stand in my section at a game and emplore the masses to start The Wave.

I will politely request that this person put a stop to his actions.

The Tooth Trot will still be a thing.

Dinger will jump around behind home plate during the 9th inning.

Dinger will continue to be an embarrassment.

Dinger will conintue to be the worst mascot in sports.

The Party Deck will be packed on a nightly basis with people who literally could not tell you what team the Rockies are playing.

Coors Field will continue to be the most beautiful ball park in the country.

I will go to Coors Field on a sunny summer Sunday afternoon or an impossibly pleasant Friday night and I’ll sneak into great seats and I’ll sip beer and I’ll crush peanut shells with my sandals and I’ll yell things that confuse children and I’ll get looks from people for clapping loudly and I’ll truly appreciate the most beautiful game on earth and I’ll be completely content with everything in my life, if only for a few hours.

This week’s Sports Illustrated has a nice feature on Garrett Grayson. The story isn’t online yet, but here’s how it looked in the magazine. (Magazines are things made out of paper that people used to subscribe to and purchase at stores. You can read them without any electronics.)